And he will show you

a large upper room

               furnished;

prepare it there.

            Luke 22. 12

(This householder had

no idea what he was preparing

and how God would use it.

Nor do we realize what

God is really up to

and how He will use

what we are doing.

We have only

      to be faithful,

fulfill even the details,

and seek opportunities

even in the unexpected

to love and serve Him.

We do not need to know

the reason or the outcome

for God to

     profoundly use it.

No kindness, no grace,

no act of serving is

ever wasted

          or mundane

in God's economy.)

O LORD,

If we only knew,

if we had any idea of how

You are transforming

our ordinary tasks

    into the extraordinary

            and eternal,

we would be astonished.

Help us, O LORD,

to be faithful to You

and diligent

even in the details

that are never invisible

          in Your eyes.

Wherever we are today,

in whatever You have

      placed before us,

how we pray

           and what we do,

even in the hard stuff,

even in what

  doesn't seem to matter,

may we bring

           Your Name

and open the doors

     for Your glory there.

Your purposes are

far deeper

than what we can

         ever imagine.

And always

         involves souls.